London Boat Show?
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I used to sell boats years ago, did the London Boat Show once, didnt enjoy it much. Southampton was great though. Nigel Mansell was on the Princess next to us, and it was fun being able to get out and do some demos. Our show boat that year was running twin 300hp Hinos' too, which was bizarre, our little 32' trawler style yacht had a semi planing hull, so we would wizz up to 40 odd knots and it looked like a moggie thou overhauling a Ferrari.
Balmoral Green said:I can't think of many twin-engined 32' trawler yachts with a semi-planing hull. Was it a Corvette 32 by any chance?
I used to sell boats years ago, did the London Boat Show once, didnt enjoy it much. Southampton was great though. Nigel Mansell was on the Princess next to us, and it was fun being able to get out and do some demos. Our show boat that year was running twin 300hp Hinos' too, which was bizarre, our little 32' trawler style yacht had a semi planing hull, so we would wizz up to 40 odd knots and it looked like a moggie thou overhauling a Ferrari.
Balmoral Green said:
Wow! you know your boats!
Yes, it was a Corvette 32. I was Sales Manager in '89/90. Great little boat, from the ancient sea port of Nottingham!
>> Edited by Balmoral Green on Saturday 8th January 19:31
Fantastic boats, they have got the hull shape just right, you will bottle out before the boat and they are so easy to handle. Having a few problems with the lastest ones at the moment, seems the build qulity isn't up to what it was! But they are sorting it.
The rights to build it have changed hands so many times over the last thirty years, plus every new builder to take it on does things differently. When I worked for Corvette in Nottingham, our biggest problems were the state of the moulds, lack of cashflow, people leaving and 'only they knew how to do that' and so on.
Who is building it now?
Who is building it now?
Balmoral Green said:
The rights to build it have changed hands so many times over the last thirty years, plus every new builder to take it on does things differently. When I worked for Corvette in Nottingham, our biggest problems were the state of the moulds, lack of cashflow, people leaving and 'only they knew how to do that' and so on.
Who is building it now?
They tryed farming them out to a place in the far east but it wasn't coat effective. So they brought the moulds back here, built new ones and are now being built by an indipendent somewhere in the midlands, the inner moulds are built down Falmouth way and the boats are sold thruogh Haryford marine/Boat show rooms of London/Hamble.
Balmoral Green said:
The rights to build it have changed hands so many times over the last thirty years, plus every new builder to take it on does things differently. When I worked for Corvette in Nottingham, our biggest problems were the state of the moulds, lack of cashflow, people leaving and 'only they knew how to do that' and so on.
Indeed. In fact, my dad had to whip one of those two Corvettes out from under the nose of the Receivers of one of the many owners. The Receivers were trying to seize it as a company asset, and my dad had to go down in person and argue that he had paid for the boat in full and it was his property and he was taking it. Very tense time, as you can imagine.
Unfortunately had a lot of problems on that one due to shoddy build quality caused by the death-throes of the company. But I won't go into it in too much detail in case it was during your time there.
Anyway, they are indeed great boats. We've always said that the boat would take more than the crew and Force 5 in the Bristol Channel was certainly a nice little swell to be out in and the boat coped admirably.
Sorry to see it go in many ways, not that I've really been out with my parents on the boat much for years now. Still enjoy it when I do though.
>> Edited by JonRB on Saturday 8th January 23:17
tvrforever said:
yup not a real boat unless it has a sail as your ass gets wet from the waves...
we'll be there tomorrow looking at new Lasers
You want a Laser 4000, absolutely great boats (if you've got a regular crew). I got mine in October as a new challenge and havent looked back; I had a Laser before that my sister bought off me (and hasnt sailed yet) and it seems dead slow now...
Would be sailing tomorrow but the forcast is for F7-8 so might give it a miss!
tvrforever said:
yup not a real boat unless it has a sail as your ass gets wet from the waves...
we'll be there tomorrow looking at new Lasers
Something else I forgot, have you seen their new boat, the Vago I think.
www.lasersailing.co.uk/disp/uk/vago/introduction
Looks...different. I can't but think its going to deprive the Laser 2000 of sales. If I were at Laser I would be advising that they make that class as strong as possible (I know its doing well already); other than the Laser1 they arent exactly reknowned for having long lasting classes (e.g. EPS, 3000, 4000 fleet is still there but not as strong as it used to be thanks to the RS800)
For those who are thinking what the hell we are on about.
And this is the boat i'm intrested in. Billed as the 4x4 of the sea, and based on the above. A Targa 30, this little baby will go in any sea. With a top speed of 43knts, it's one quick boat.
>> Edited by tubafun on Saturday 8th January 23:54
And this is the boat i'm intrested in. Billed as the 4x4 of the sea, and based on the above. A Targa 30, this little baby will go in any sea. With a top speed of 43knts, it's one quick boat.
>> Edited by tubafun on Saturday 8th January 23:54
tubafun said:
snip....
And this is the boat i'm intrested in. Billed as the 4x4 of the sea, and based on the above. A Targa 30, this little baby will go in any sea. With a top speed of 43knts, it's one quick boat.
>> Edited by tubafun on Saturday 8th January 23:54
i would prefer either one of these
a riva aquariva or one of these
a wally power 118
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